Colorado "Birthday" Ski Trip!

On Jan 6th, Duane and I snuck off for a quick ski trip to one of our favorite spots - Beaver Creek, Colorado, to celebrate his birthday and get some skiing in.  We had our "usual" good luck with weather and ski'd Saturday just as the snowfall began and woke up Sunday to 9 inches of fresh powder.  The temps were perfect in the 30's.

we got into Colorado on a Friday and spent the day walking around...when we saw this Gelato it reminded us of Italy!

beautiful ice sculptures in the Main Square

a dog friendly spot - Tiffany the Newfie, made us miss Enzo!

day 1, hitting the slopes in the snowfall...we got our "ski legs" back pretty quickly!

the Osprey, a great spot to stay....a few steps away is the Strawberry Express Lift

the snow fell all day....leaving the trees looking like they were right out of a Christmas storybook

day 2 - 9 inches of freshly groomed snow...great skiing (and a workout!)

end of our trip, ready to head home where the temps were actually about 15-20 degrees warmer!